Lab News

2026

 

  • Tony presents the history of the purinosome and current lab's directions at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Seminar Series (May).
  • Austin Harmsen joins the lab as a Graduate Research Assistant (May).
  • Tony delivers the keynote address at the Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Predoctoral Training Annual Symposium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (April).
  • Sang Bui joins the lab as a Research Assistant (February).
  • Tony presents the lab's work at Grand Valley State University (February).
  • Our first paper at Iowa was published in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Congratulations to Tim and our collaborators at Penn State University (Ruobo Zhou and Stephen Benkovic) (January).
  • Rachel Rethwisch, Tim Iles, and Alex Galindo presented their recent findings at the 31st Midwest Stress Response and Molecular Chaperone meeting at Northwestern (January).
  • The Lab welcomes Luke Brownell as an Undergraduate Research Assistant (January).
  • The Lab welcomes Lucia Simonicova as an Assistant Research Scientist (January).

Department Events

Joseph Walder Memorial Lecture with Dr. Taekjip Ha, Harvard Medical School promotional image

Joseph Walder Memorial Lecture with Dr. Taekjip Ha, Harvard Medical School

Thursday, October 22, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

Dr. Ha will be our speaker for the inaugural Joseph Walder Memorial Lecture.

"Genome Maintenance at Higher Resolution"

Taekjip Ha, Ph.D.
George D. Yancopoulos Professor of Pediatrics in honor of Frederick W. Alt
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Biochemistry Seminar: "Structural Mechanisms of DNA Replication Restart in Bacteria" promotional image

Biochemistry Seminar: "Structural Mechanisms of DNA Replication Restart in Bacteria"

Thursday, October 29, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

"Structural Mechanisms of DNA Replication Restart in Bacteria"

Presented by

James Keck, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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